Officials See Bond Buying Continuing at Least Through Midyear

Federal Reserve officials are actively debating whether to begin winding down an $85 billion-a-month bond-buying program after midyear, minutes of the Fed's latest policy meeting show.

The minutes of the March 19-20 meeting showed that "all but a few" Fed officials agreed the central bank would likely want to keep the program going "at least through midyear." After that, officials had a wide range of views about...